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package com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.nodes;

import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.RSerialize;
import com.oracle.truffle.r.runtime.RSerialize.State;

/**
 * The following methods must be implemented by all implementors of {@link RSyntaxNode}. However,
 * they should not, in general, be called, unless it is statically known that the node is an
 * {@link RSyntaxNode}. Instead the generic methods on {@link RBaseNode} should be called.
 *
 */
interface RSyntaxNodeSPI {

    /**
     * Support for serializing closures. The relevant methods in {@link State} should be called to
     * create the virtual pairlist for this node,
     */
    void serializeImpl(RSerialize.State state);

}
